Im trying to replace my differential with a torsen limited slip but i can only manage to get the diff housing open a crack... Anybody know how to do it?

 

sorry to push this thread up from the death

but i have RIGHT in this moment the same problem

i've removed the 12mm bolts all around, i've removed the big nut where the driveshaft bolts to the diff but i only can manage to open the housing 1 or 2mm...

it seems that the output shafts are also going op and down when i try to pull the housing from the other...

i've checked the FSM and they said that i have to remove the little shafts where the drifeshafts are conecting with 2 large prie bars... is this the way to go?

 

Did you remove the L&R drive shaft flanges?

Hot_Dog
90 RX7 GXL

 

thats that what i've called "the little shafts where the drifeshafts" the drifeshaft flanges how to remove them without a puller? i've tried to get them out but no chance is there a trick?

 

Rent, beg, borrow or steal (jk) a puller. Don't wanna be banging on it too much. Become a good friend to a local mechanic, or give him some Euros ($$$).

Don't worry about reviving a four year old thread. It shows you searched.

 

O.K. I double checked the FSM, see picture, try this again first.

 

i've managed to get one of those suckers out... with a big 32mm wrench and the biggest hammer i have in my garage

one to go... i punish this fu**ing thing about half an hour and it don't plop out...

after a good beer i will try it again

i'll take pics of the methods which worked for me

 

You just pry them out with a pry bar. They usually come out fairly easily.

 

no chance with a pry bar

 

Ive had some stubbernones before. what if found ist to use a pry bar and hold tenstion on it and tap the cv axle with a hammer. the vibration should knockem right out

 

It's not the vibrations that knock it out it's re-aligning the stub shaft that lets it pop out while it's under pressure. You're prying from offcenter and jamming things together. When you give it a whack from the otherside from where you are prying, it momentarily lines everything back up as well as giving a shock.

Just a thought though and not to be a dick. But if you're haveing a lot of trouble removing stub shafts, maybe setting up a diff is a little beyond your abilities. It would be cheaper to pay someone to do it once rather than pay for all new bearings, seals, ring, pinions, etc etc... or even a bone stock diff and a new torsen. Just a thought though.

 

so, finally it poped out

@titanium

dont bother, i've rebuilded several engines (otto) and done a lot of work on cars... (our skyline R33 gts-t's, Subaro Impreza, my FC's, FD from a good friend etc. etc.)

i've also swapped internals from diferent BMW's... but there you don't have to remove the driveshaft flanges

this little sucker just wont get out... it was the luckiest moment of the month when it jumped out i will post pics later